Setting up a printer, having mailcap problems

[Jonesy]

On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 10:49:23 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I'm just adding a printer to a new Xubuntu config.  The printer is
> there and can print test pages, but when I try to use print(1) on a
> text file it complains about missing a mailcap file for text/plain.
>
> I've not used print(1) before that I recall, and if I've ever fooled
> with mailcap that I recall either.
> It makes me wonder why print is installed at all without what I guess
> should be simple support files.
>
> Can anyone help?

Maybe you mean to use lpr ?

Jonesy